less verbose type mismatch messages (#21191)

* less verbose type mismatch messages

* Update compiler/types.nim

* fixes i386

* fixes i386

3 files changed, 45 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/config.nims b/tests/config.nims
index 421cabbf3..4bcd67143 100644
--- a/tests/config.nims
+++ b/tests/config.nims
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ when defined(windows):
   switch("tlsEmulation", "off")
 
 switch("warningAserror", "UnnamedBreak")
+switch("legacy", "verboseTypeMismatch")
diff --git a/tests/errmsgs/tconcisetypemismatch.nim b/tests/errmsgs/tconcisetypemismatch.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4227644ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/errmsgs/tconcisetypemismatch.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+discard """
+  cmd: "nim c --hints:off --skipParentCfg $file"
+  errormsg: "type mismatch"
+  nimout: '''
+tconcisetypemismatch.nim(23, 47) Error: type mismatch
+Expression: int(inNanoseconds(t2 - t1)) / 100.5
+  [1] int(inNanoseconds(t2 - t1)): int
+  [2] 100.5: float64
+
+Expected one of (first mismatch at position [#]):
+[1] proc `/`(x, y: float): float
+[1] proc `/`(x, y: float32): float32
+[2] proc `/`(x, y: int): float
+'''
+"""
+
+import std/monotimes
+from times import inNanoseconds
+
+let t1 = getMonotime()
+let result = 1 + 2
+let t2 = getMonotime()
+echo "Elapsed: ", (t2 - t1).inNanoseconds.int / 100.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/errmsgs/tconcisetypemismatch.nims b/tests/errmsgs/tconcisetypemismatch.nims
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9dce8147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/errmsgs/tconcisetypemismatch.nims
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+switch("path", "$lib/../testament/lib")
+  # so we can `import stdtest/foo` inside tests
+  # Using $lib/../ instead of $nim/ so you can use a different nim to run tests
+  # during local testing, e.g. nim --lib:lib.
+
+## prevent common user config settings to interfere with testament expectations
+## Indifidual tests can override this if needed to test for these options.
+switch("colors", "off")
+
+switch("excessiveStackTrace", "off")
+
+when (NimMajor, NimMinor, NimPatch) >= (1,5,1):
+  # to make it easier to test against older nim versions, (best effort only)
+  switch("filenames", "legacyRelProj")
+  switch("spellSuggest", "0")
+
+# for std/unittest
+switch("define", "nimUnittestOutputLevel:PRINT_FAILURES")
+switch("define", "nimUnittestColor:off")
+
+hint("Processing", off)